Decision Workspace
fastbit vs compacts vs smallbitvec
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
fastbit
growingv0.11.1
A fast, efficient, and pure Rust bitset implementation for high-performance data indexing and analytics.
33
compacts
growingv0.9.0
compact data structures
74
smallbitvec
stablev2.6.1
A bit vector optimized for size and inline storage
Core Metrics
| fastbit | compacts | smallbitvec | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 33 | 74 |
| Total Downloads | 7.1K | 30.0K | 3.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 226.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 167 |
| Releases | 16 | 20 | 21 |
| Last Updated | 354d ago | 2981d ago | 19d ago |
| Age | 1y | 8y 11m | 8y 8m |
Health Breakdown
fastbit
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
compacts
Maintenance
5
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
smallbitvec
Maintenance
15
Quality
20
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| fastbit | compacts | smallbitvec | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.11.1 | 0.9.0 | 2.6.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Unlicense/MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 39KB | 17KB | 16KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 15.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.56 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •smallbitvec leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •smallbitvec is depended on by 167 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ compacts has not been updated in over a year.
- •fastbit, compacts are pre-1.0 — API may change.